Paschal Lamb

See also: paschal lamb

English
WOTD – 5 April 2010
Stained glass depiction of Paschal Lamb

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpæs.kəl ˈlæm/, /ˈpɑːs.kəl ˈlæm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpæs.kəl ˈlæm/

Noun

Paschal Lamb (plural Paschal Lambs)

  1. (historical) The lamb eaten at Passover.
    • c. 1530, John Frith, The Paschal Lamb and our Sacrament are here Compared Together:
      The Paschal Lamb was instituted and eaten the night before the children of Israel were indeed delivered from Egypt.
  2. (figuratively) Jesus Christ symbolized as a sacrifice.
  3. (heraldry) A lamb depicted with nimbus and bearing a flag (usually St. George's cross: argent a cross gules).
    • 1894, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms used in Heraldry, revised edition, page 362:
      […] but when the Holy or Paschal Lamb is intended then the face should be guardant or reguardant.

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